Is there really any point doing a body lift? and TRUE opinions on suspension/shocks?

[BigRAWesty]

Havent been on in a fair few days, im drugged up to the eyeballs at the moment due to a broken wisdom tooth, 4 different box's of meds, its pretty average haha

Anyway, even know i wasnt fond of body lifts at all, i kinda picked up a 2" Susp Lift and a 2" BL for $300 today so after hearing the pros and cons and everyones opinion ive decided i will probably fit the blocks after all.




I get you mate, and thats what ive been thinking about, down travel, is there that much involved to fit longer shocks?

There is a few ways of getting longer shocks in safely.
As mentioned before, did the previous owner modify or fit longer bump stops?
If not it could be a possible cause for the stuffed shocks.
So that's one, extend the stops so the shock doesn't bottom out. you loose compression but gain a lot of drop..

Or raise the top mounts of the shocks so the bottom of the tube sits at the same height as the original. This allows good compression, but not as much drop as option one due to the shock being higher...
Most go for option one as they are running larger tyres and by extending the bump stops it stops the wheel going to far into the guard and scrubbing.

Now depending on the severity of your shock over length you may need to do both mods. Say you wanted to run a 3" spring and 6" shocks.. that wound need towers raised and bump stops, as well as spring retainers, guides, long as help brake lines etc...

So anything is achievable mate. Just gotta nut out the best plan...
Hope I've made sence now...

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

[beaST_01-dell]

Soooooo, a 2'' suspension lift, its just shocks & springs??????? Nothing else????

[MudRunnerTD]

Soooooo, a 2'' suspension lift, its just shocks & springs??????? Nothing else????

Yes. That's all mate

[BigRAWesty]

Yes. That's all mate

You can go the whole hog, but not really needed

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

[SonOf]

Being still a relative newbie could I ask someone to lob a few pics up of their body lift? I have a 2" suspension lift in my 3.0ltr Patrol, undertaken by ARB but now I have just bought a TD42 GU wagon and I am looking to do the same but a BL is interesting as well. I am on a budget so will be doing most of the work myself but never done a BL before hence the pic request.

I don't go hard on the track, just getting to fishing spots etc in Southern TAS but the extra lift also lets me run 33's.

[Winnie]

Body lift in a GU is stupid! Sorry the main reason people body lift a GQ is to fit big tyres but the GU has much bigger wheel arches so can fit the tyres already. Only good reason I've seen for a body lift in a GU was "to fit the Duramax"

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[threedogs]

think its illegal to do a body lift on a GU. Too many sensors. could be wrong.
I have seen it done but only on Comp trucks.,
Body lifts are not really necessary 50mm lift two lockers and the right wheel placement will see
any 4x4 go almost anywhere. un reg'd go all out but the more mods
the more can go wrong with stress on different components..
Most guys here have 285s or 33s only a handfull have a body lift.
But IMO totally not worth it, put the money towards a locker
of your choice. not CIG and spend it on beer though

[Winnie]

Bit harsh coming from a 9 year old mate, but we get your point!! lol

He meant everything but the "stupid" part mate. The arches are definitely bigger and unless you're considering 37's I wouldn't suggest much need in a GU.


Scotty (Bigrig)

Yeah sorry, unnecessary would have been a better word choice.


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[SonOf]

Sweet - appreciate the info. As noted am new to this so still learning, well only until the 5th beer then learning stops.

Will keep it to suspension lift only and work on other projects.

[DX grunt]

Most people over 40 need some sort of body lift. lol.

Sorry, but I couldn't resist that.